futility

i saw in me a comical behavior

filling water in a leaking pot

and to this i added another routine

the task of faithful locking gates

for my yard, behind and front

with fine and secure padlocks

while the entire fence

of my enclosure had crumbled down

henry victor      14.05.2007

details

details, details

when you have nothing
worthwhile to talk
talk of details

length of his beard

width of his garments
seating arrangements
when he supped with his friends -
circular, oblong
rectangular, or something else

details, details

when you have nothing
worthwhile to talk
talk of details

the age of the ass

and the color of the colt

experts on details

you explore, and explode more details
while the hungry are helplessly hanging
around those feeding centers
and the penniless poor
for sake of development, suffer crucifixion

talk of more and more details

until the unseen evaporates
your face is hidden behind masks
while the anxious masses
are disillusioned by your talks
and that holy week is utterly obscured

© henry victor      03.04.2001